Indy and Cinci are better teams playing at home than on the road, which apparently does apply to almost every team in the NFL anyways.

Cincinnati - 6-0 at home / 3-5 on the road.
Indianapolis - 5-2 at home / 4-3 on the road.

So they're both better at home, and near average on the road.

I don't like the Cincinnati match-up to well. Cincinnati is very good at home (6-0 record) and they are 10th in the NFL in yards per game (offensively) and 11th in PPG, while their defense is 6th in the NFL for YPG, and 6th in the NFL for points given up.

Statistically speaking (I never seen Indy/Cincy play much, so I can't really comment on the eye test, meaning actually seeing them play, other than that I saw the Bengals getting beat by the Squeelers last night), it doesn't favor KC in that regard, in my opinion.

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As stated, the only real threat they have right now is Hilton and he's still dealing with a shoulder problem and he's also about 5 inches shorter than either of our corners (other than Flowers, who is a substantially better corner than Hilton is a receiver at this point). He also has had a real problem with drops this season.

It is literally a one man show in Indy right now with Luck passing the ball as well as being their best running option.

If there was one team with a worse receiving corps than the Chiefs, it's the Colts as they currently stand.

However, I wouldn't necessarily forget about DaRick Rogers, who had a monster game two weeks ago in his first real start for the Colts. He's big and fast.

The Colts on defense are seeing Robert Mathis have a career year, but our tackles/line has played considerably better since the switch to Stephenson/Fisher/Schwartz on the line. No one else is really a factor.

Statistically speaking (I never seen Indy/Cincy play much, so I can't really comment on the eye test, meaning actually seeing them play, other than that I saw the Bengals getting beat by the Squeelers last night), it doesn't favor KC in that regard, in my opinion.

We allow fewer pts than they do.

We also score more pts than they do.

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"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).

As to the second part, I'd have to re-watch a few games to really come up with something worthwhile right now. I think that there's been a lack of pressure from our interior players, not very many FZ concepts used, poor safety play, etc. and that's contributed. Also, our 3rd quarter inefficiency on offense isn't helping this team.

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I have completely given up on Alex Smith as a qb. Its painful to watch. Like, worse than watching Colt McCoy.

That's strange, then. The official Indy website has the depth chart with DHB and Hilton as the starters and Rodgers as the third guy.

DHB has 30 catches and 62 targets.

Rodgers has 8 catches on 15 targets...that seems really low for a starter.

I watched the Texans vs Colts game. Da'Rick Rogers is currently the Colts' number 2 receiver. Griff Whalen was playing in the slot and had a decent game but LaVon Brazill will likely be back this week and play in the slot.